1891 Springfield YMCA football team

The 1891 Springfield YMCA football team, also known as the Christian Workers and the Staggs, was an American football team that represented the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as Springfield College–as an independent during the 1891 college football season. Led by Amos Alonzo Stagg in his second and final season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–8–1.^[1] Stagg also played for the team at fullback and halfback. Springfield YMCA played their home games at Outing Park in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1891 Springfield YMCA football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–8–1
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (2nd season)
Captain	Amos Alonzo Stagg
Home stadium	Outing Park
Seasons ← 1890 1892 →

1891 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23		Connecticut Literary Institute	Springfield, MA	W 46–0
September 27		at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	W 30–18
September 30	4:00 p.m.	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	L 14–16		^[2]^[3]
October 3		at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval Orange, NJ	W 16–0		^[4]
October 7		at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	T 12–12		^[5]^[6]
October 10		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 8–12		^[7]
October 14		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–28	500	^[8]
October 17		Massachusetts	Outing Park Springfield, MA	W 30–0		^[9]
October 21		Amherst	Outing Park Springfield, MA	W 18–4		^[10]
October 24		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 6–16		^[11]
October 28		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	L 4–24		^[12]
October 31		at Harvard	Cambridge, MA	L 0–34		^[13]
November 7		at Harvard	Cambridge, MA	L 4–44		^[14]
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Boston Athletic Association	Outing Park Springfield, MA	L 4–42		^[15]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "Springfield College Football All-Time Results". Springfield College Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
2. "Foot-ball To-day". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 30, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
3. "Trinity The Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 1, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
4. "Stagg's Team Win's at Orange". The Sun. New York, New York. October 4, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
5. "Amherst Met Her Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
6. "Amherst College". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 11, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
7. "Foot Ball Scores". The Meriden Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 12, 1891. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
8. "Yale Given A Hard Tussle: Capt. McClung Badly Injured in Game With Stagg's Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. October 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Staggs, 30; Amherst, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
10. "Amherst Line Work Weak". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
11. "Great Game At Williams". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
12. "Scored On A Fluke". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
13. "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
15. "Unicorn Triumphant". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .